CNN’s Cillizza Demands Fake News Examples, Gets Buried With Examples

]By Joe NewbylThere’s an old saying that one should be careful of what one wishes for. Case in point, CNN propagandist Chris Cillizza, formerly of the Washington Post, who demanded an actual example of fake news on social media. As Newsbusters reported Tuesday, Cillizza was soon buried with numerous examples:On the apparently safe assumption that he really thought President Donald Trump and the public would have a hard time coming up with answers, Cillizza challenged the Commander in Chief and, and in effect the Twitterverse, to “name a (news) story that is ‘fake’ or ‘incorrect.’” A tidal wave of specific responses arrived in short order.“Name a story that is ‘fake’ or ‘incorrect.’ You can’t just make a blanket assertion without ANY specifics,” he tweeted.

A Vermont-based power company detected a malware on one of their laptops that was allegedly from Russian hackers. Except that the malware is readily available on the internet, created in the Ukraine, and it never made it to the actual power grid.

But the freakout continues in several stories by media such as the Washington Post and even Fox News. And legislators are literally screaming for Obama to do more against Russia. But think about it: the Vermont Power Company only services about 265,000 residents. WHY, if Russia wanted to “take down the power grid” would they target a lowly little company like that? Answer- they wouldn’t.

And they appear more ridiculous when they have the gall to ask (dare) Twitter users to back up the claim…

Newsbusters added:

As of late Tuesday evening, Cillizza’s tweet had over 2,400 replies, with more additional examples of fake news than I could ever hope to compile. A search at NewsBusters itself on “Fake News” returns roughly 200 items in just the past four months.

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